EP06 | Prom Night

EP06 | Prom NightThe Remake Mistake

In this episode of The Remake Mistake, Mike accompanies Eric to a special night out with 1980’s Prom Night and its 2008 loose remake. They discuss the overuse of Disco, inventive movie kills (or the lack thereof), the trouble with focusing on a teen audience, and why the hell Leslie Nielsen and Idris Elba are in these movies. Eric has the sad realization that not all ‘80s slasher movies are magic while Mike struggles to remember any character’s name at all. All this and more while answering the question “was this remake a mistake?”

One trend that Hollywood has seem to be stuck on for the past several decades is the remake. While it seems obvious now that nothing is safe from the dreaded remake, they’re certainly not all bad. There are actually several reasons why ⤇